Weather Records on 9 February 1917

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1917. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 9 February 1917

On 9 February 1917, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 37 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record low minimum temperature of -20.7 C (-5.3 F) on 9 February 1917.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 9 February 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 11, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 February 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 February 1917 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 37.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1917

Top 20 records on 9 February 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1917	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1917	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Plauen, DE	all-time low min	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Tomsk, RU	monthly rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Yarmouth, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Bic, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Owen Sound, CA	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Saint John, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1917	Halifax, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1798 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1917. 1917 had 39 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	29
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2